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Megan Greenwell on How Private Equity Is Devastating the Media

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Camille Bromley @chameauleon.bsky.social · Jul 9

I asked @greenwell.bsky.social a bunch of questions for @columjournreview.bsky.social about private equity in local news and what to do about it. Her book Bad Company is excellent -- go read it! www.cjr.org/the-intervie...

A conversation with the author of Bad Company.

Delany's Words, by Max Levin

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Camille Bromley @chameauleon.bsky.social · Jun 6

Bonus feature: Max Levin shares a list of words he learned from Samuel Delany camillelebromley.substack.com/p/delanys-wo...

"In each of the books I read, I encountered words that I had never seen before."

A Different World, by Natalie Meade

Camille Bromley @chameauleon.bsky.social · Jun 3

Here's Natalie Meade on watching and rewatching A Different World! camillelebromley.substack.com/p/a-differen...

"It was the first time Black American campus life was staged on television."

Impractical Magic - Orion Magazine

Camille Bromley @chameauleon.bsky.social · May 30

I wrote about my favorite mushroom for @orionmagazine.bsky.social 's new mushroom issue 🍄 🍄
Honestly had so much fun writing this -- mushrooms are a trip! Thanks to @tajjaisen.bsky.social for editing orionmagazine.org/article/impr...

Little is known about Amanita muscaria. We’re still obsessed with eating it

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Camille Bromley @chameauleon.bsky.social · May 30

I'm in here, writing about my favorite mushroom 🍄
The entire lineup of this issue is fantastic.

Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · May 29

COVER REVEAL! It’s here, it’s here, it’s here! Meet Orion’s Summer 2025 issue: THE FUTURE IS FUNGI.

Orion’s 201st issue is now shipped out (or already in your hands!) and it’s all about the strange, rule-bending, mind-altering, awe-inducing world of fungi.

orionmagazine.org/issue/summer...

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Camille Bromley @chameauleon.bsky.social · May 29

In which a prolific critic -- Nicholas Russell -- writes about a prolific novelist -- Gene Wolfe camillelebromley.substack.com/p/on-gene-wo...

On Gene Wolfe, by Nicholas Russell

"It’s never occurred to me to stop reading Wolfe."

Journalists Attest to Experiences of Sexual Misconduct with Wesley Lowery

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · May 21

Wesley Lowery rose to prominence as a reporter and media thinker. Women in journalism say he engaged in sexual harassment and assault. www.cjr.org/feature-2/we...

Lowery rose to prominence as a reporter and media thinker. Women in the industry say he engaged in sexual harassment and assault.

Goya's Black Dog, by Clement Gelly

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Camille Bromley @chameauleon.bsky.social · May 21

I loved this beautiful little ode to Goya's quiet painting "The Dog," by Clement Gelly camillelebromley.substack.com/p/goyas-blac...

"It was only while gazing at 'The Dog' that I could feel anything at all."

La Rosalía, by Meg Bernhard

Camille Bromley @chameauleon.bsky.social · May 15

In which Meg Bernhard writes about Rosalía, living in Spain, and girl book clubs: camillelebromley.substack.com/p/la-rosalia...

"Most of my music taste, I admit, comes from my exes. Rosalía is the exception."

Q&A: Steven Levy on AI and the Evolving Relationship Between Tech Companies and the Press

Camille Bromley @chameauleon.bsky.social · May 14

I talked to @stevenlevy.bsky.social for @columjournreview.bsky.social about how reporting on tech companies has changed since his first story in 1982 www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

“What you find when you get into a place is always more interesting than any preconception you have.”

Camille Bromley @chameauleon.bsky.social · May 8

There might be!

An Infinite Playlist of "As It Was," by Kevin Nguyen

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Kevin Nguyen @knguyen.bsky.social · May 8

Wrote in Camille's zine about the bizarre history of cover songs

Camille Bromley @chameauleon.bsky.social · May 8

Next up! @knguyen.bsky.social's investigation into the state of YouTube cover songs, ft. "As It Was" by Harry Styles open.substack.com/pub/camillel...

"I decided to investigate the state of the cover song on YouTube."

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Camille Bromley @chameauleon.bsky.social · May 8

Next up! @knguyen.bsky.social's investigation into the state of YouTube cover songs, ft. "As It Was" by Harry Styles open.substack.com/pub/camillel...

An Infinite Playlist of "As It Was," by Kevin Nguyen

"I decided to investigate the state of the cover song on YouTube."

open.substack.com

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Camille Bromley @chameauleon.bsky.social · May 5

Belatedly, I wrote about Weike Wang's novels for @thenation.com ! www.thenation.com/article/cult...

Weike Wang’s Meticulous Satires of Identity Politics

Rental House, a novel of marriage and manners, tries to make sense of how a blended family negotiates conflicts of race and class.

www.thenation.com

Reposted by Camille Bromley

The Verge @theverge.com · Apr 30

From @chameauleon.bsky.social: Operation Babylift was an earnest attempt to save children during the fall of Saigon. Decades later, a generation of adoptees wrestles with the aftermath.

The rescued Vietnamese infants of Operation Babylift have grown up

Fifty years after the fall of Saigon a generation of adoptees wrestle with Vietnam’s legacy of transnational adoption

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Camille Bromley @chameauleon.bsky.social · Apr 30

I started watching The Leopard and Ludwig because of this essay by Sophie Strohmeier! camillelebromley.substack.com/p/my-viscont...

My Visconti, by Sophie Strohmeier

"Sometimes I feel like Ossessione is the movie I am looking for in all other movies."

The Sunday Long Read: Karate, Dreams, Masterminds

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The Sunday Long Read @thesundaylongread.bsky.social · Apr 28

Check out this week's SLR featuring @chameauleon.bsky.social, @danmoore.bsky.social, @livaaben.bsky.social, @chafkin.bsky.social, @flopuetz.bsky.social, @skornhaber.bsky.social & many more talented writers mailchi.mp/sundaylongre...

The week's best journalism. Every Sunday.

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Camille Bromley @chameauleon.bsky.social · Apr 26

Thanks Stacey!

Camille Bromley @chameauleon.bsky.social · Apr 25

Thank you for reading!

The Chinese-American Actress

Camille Bromley @chameauleon.bsky.social · Apr 23

A new post by @kayteesal.bsky.social on Anna May Wong's savvy self-promotion. camillelebromley.substack.com/p/the-chines...

"Some say Anna May Wong was the most photographed Chinese woman of the 20th century."